Joe Lunardi came out with his most recent bracket on Thursday and he now has 6 Big East teams in the field of 68. St. John’s had been teetering on the edge and snuck in on his Monday bracket after beating Providence but have now fallen out after losing at Butler. Let’s get to the rest of the league.
Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket:
Continue reading Big East Bracketology Update 2/5/15
*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast
There were 4 games yesterday in addition to Providence’s own that could help boost the Friars’ RPI. The results of those other games were 2-2. Navy dropped a road game at Boston University, 62-59. UMass went on the road to Fordham and beat the Rams, 78-72. Albany won a nail-biter at home against New Hampshire, 63-62. Florida State dropped a home game against Clemson, 62-56.
Continue reading Providence RPI Update 2/5/15
The Providence Friars and (#24) Georgetown Hoyas met at the Verizon Center Wednesday night in Washington DC. Kris Dunn was dealing with a sore back and was routinely being stretched out by a trainer during long timeouts. You wouldn’t have known Dunn’s back was bothering him by the way he played. The soaring sophomore had a big first half and finished the game with 12 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 steals. Dunn spent more than 6 minutes on the Friar bench in the middle of the second half but LaDontae Henton came alive during that time. Henton was joined by contributions from Ben Bentil, Carson Desrosiers and Junior Lomomba.
If you aren’t already familiar with the story of Drew Brown you can read about his battle with bone cancer here. The cliff notes version is Drew is a Providence College men’s ice hockey player who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer, during Providence’s run in the Hockey East playoffs last season. Brown spent much of the last year in chemotherapy and had a surgery to insert a metal rod into his leg.
On Saturday, February 7th the men’s hockey team and the Student Athletic Advisory Council (S.A.A.C.) are hosting Drew Brown Night. Brown was recently declared cancer-free so Drew Brown Night will be a chance to celebrate that while also raising money for the Brown family to help offset some of their medical bills. Coast to Coast Promotions will donate 100% of the revenue generated by t-shirts they are selling to the Brown family. You can purchase those t-shirts here.
Read more about Drew Brown Night here.
Where: Verizon Center – Washington, DC
When: 9:00 PM
How: CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalan & Steve Lappas with Evan Washburn on sideline)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
Continue reading Game Notes & Preview: Providence 16-6 (6-3) at Georgetown 15-6 (7-3) 2/4/15
*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast
There were 3 games yesterday to help Providence boost their RPI. The results were 1-2. Kentucky took care of Georgia at home, 69-58. Binghamton dropped their home game against Hartford, 62-61. Miami also lost at home. The Hurricanes fell, 63-55, against Louisville to extend their ACC losing streak to 3 games since their win at the Carrier Dome over Syracuse on January 24th.
Continue reading Providence RPI Update 2/4/15
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